[Info-vax] Problem with Filezilla connecting to OpenVMS

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 12/11/2018 2:58 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 12/11/2018 2:30 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> On 12/11/2018 1:40 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
>>> Our users require SYSLCK.  On VAX it was simple, for me.  On Alpha it
>>> was much harder, for me.  Ok, Dave's a dummy.  It was still much
>>> harder for me.
>>
>> Just note that per HPE manual SYSLCK is a "System: Potential to
>> interfere with normal system operation" priv.
> 
> Yes.  It's also the method for locking a file or record.  Without that, 
> you'd have chaos, right?
> 
> RMS uses the DLM.

Yes.

But RMS runs in EXEC mode and does not require any privs for users.

> Rdb uses the DLM.

I don't know exactly what RDB. But I would expect a user
without SYSLCK to be able to use it.

> I use the DLM.
> 
> Many use the DLM.

Everybody use DLM.

But it is more rare to see its use result in users needing
SYSLCK.

Arne